Rasul Makasharipov

Rasul Makasharipov (1972-6 July 2005) was a member of Shariat Jamaat and the Caucasus Emirate, who died during the Second Chechen War.

Biography
Rasul Makasharipov was born in 1972 in Tsumadinsky, Dagestan, in the Soviet Union (USSR). In 1997 he became an Avar interpreter of Ibn al-Khattab and in 1999 he took part in the Caucasus Emirate's invasion of Dagestan. He recruited young men who suffered from the abuse of policemen due to their religion (Islam) and Makasharipov ordered them to solve their persecution by killing police. At Makhachkala on 6 July 2005, he was killed by Russian troops and Rappani Khalilov succeeded him as the leader of the Shariat Jamaat group.